Throat Chakra: Strangle with Care
Friendships between women are exhilarating, transformational, messy, necessary, life-giving and sometimes devastating. This past week, I made the decision to leave a... Read More
I’m Not Really an Extrovert, I Just Play One on TV
I’ve taken several personality/work styles tests over the past 20 years, including the well-known Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Most recently, my employer had... Read More
A Sussie a Day…
My head is swimming from all the big ideas I picked up from speakers during my company’s annual meeting in mid-February. Themes... Read More
Busy Bee, Just Be
I’m in that weird space between books – meaning I’ve finished writing one and don’t feel like starting another just yet. The... Read More
Little Bites of Self-Care Easy to Swallow
We writers – and I suspect all creative types – tend to get down on ourselves a lot. A couple (or a... Read More
Where Everybody Knows Your Name (and Your Business)
I’ve been in Texas all week visiting my sister and her family. She lives in Glen Rose, a town of 2,100 people.... Read More
Try a Little Tenderness in 2012
My goal in 2011 was to blog once a week. You can see from the posts listed at the left that I... Read More
Nothing Like Memories to Send Sadness Packing
During the holidays, I can get as giddy as a 9-year-old. I listen to Christmas music 24/7 (just the oldies like Bing,... Read More
Savor the ‘Now’ Like It’s the Best Sandwich You’ve Ever Had
It must be a function of aging that time seems to fly by at an astounding and alarming rate. December? Already? What... Read More
Society’s Idea of Beauty is Beastly
My brain is noshing on the notion of beauty today – what it is, how it differs for each of us, how... Read More